Apparatus for distilling wood.



A. W. QUATTLEBAUM B. S. MOONEY.;

'APPARATUS IGR DISIILIIIIIG woon. APPLICATION FILED IUNE 3.19m.

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Patene Feb, 155,391?

ALBERT W. QUATTLBAUM AND BEN FATNT liW.

S. MOONEY, 0F STATESBORO, GEORGIA.

APPARATUS FOR DISTILLING W001i).

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Application filed June 3, 1913.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we,ALBER'r W. QUAT- 'I'LEBAUM and BEN S; Mooney, citizens of the United States, residing atv Statesboro, 1n the county of Bulloch, State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful lmpovements in Apparatus for Distilling ood; and we do hereby declare the following to be a fuil, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to an apparatus for distilling wood, and has for its object to so construct a device of this character that the wood is acted upon in the distillation process at the bottom of the retort With this and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and Specication of Letters Patent.

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alongside the inner face of the furnace l, and therefore, is spaced apart from the wall 19. The grate of the furnace which is indicated at 21 rests upon these walls 19 and 20 and surrounds the bottom endpf the retort 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. f The lowerv end of the retort 3 is formed 'with a tapered portion 9 above which is supported a grate 10, upon which is mounted a screen 11, which prevents particles of coal or the like from entering the tapered portion 9, but allowing the free passage of gases or substance from the wood which is placed in the retort 3 and rests upon the screen l1.

Leading from the tapered portion 9 is a pipe 12, which connects with the worm 13, said Worm being arranged in a tank 14 containing cold water.

A pipe 15 leads from the worm 13 to. a receiver 16, which is connected by a pipe 17 to a second receiver 1S, into which the subarrangement of parts to be hereinafter morenstance flows after being condensed as it fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichz- Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

ig. 4 is a top plan View of the apparatus. Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the furnace, which. is formed from brickI and is conical in shape, the same being provided with'a fire box 2, which surrounds the sheetnietal still or retort 3, the upper 'end of which is open and projects above the furnace 1. The projected end of the retort 3 is provided with an annular groove 4 which receives the depending flange 5 of the cover 6, said cover being held 1n place by a bar 7 -which is arranged transversely thereof and has its opposite ends engaged in ears 8.

As will be seen by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, the bottom of the retort 3 rests upon acy- .lindrical supporting' wall 19, forming part of the furnace structure, while 20 designates aA second wall of substantially the same height as the Wall 19, this second wall lying passes through the worm 13.

From this construction it will be seen that upon starting the fire in the fire box 2, the heat therefrom will act upon the wood contained in the retort 3 to extract downwardly the substance from the wood which gravitates to the portion 9 and thence to the worm 13, and during the passage therethrough it is condensed and discharged into the receivers 16 and 18 in the form of turpentine.

What is claimed is ln a wood dis'tilling apparatus, the combination with a furnace having a cylindrical lower wall portion, anda fuel feeding opening and an opening in its top for the escape of products of combustion, a cylindrical supporting wall within the furnace and spaced from the lower cylindrical wall, a retort including a container seated upon the supporting wall, a grate supported upon the supporting wall and the wall of the furnace, said grate entirely surrounding lthe container and engaging the lower end thereof, the upper portion of the furnace wall being "beethe container extends, the side Wall of said container engagin r the Wall of said opening, at circumscrbing ange on the upper end of the container disposed outwardly of the furnace and engaging the wall thereof, a removable cover for the container, and :L conducting pipe leading'from the bottom of the container to the out-side of the furnace.

ALBERT W. QUATTLEBAUM. BEN S. MOONEY.

Witnesses:

W. S. BRWN, F. B. HUNTER. 

